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Published: 2018-03-29 20:37:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2449; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 4
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Description “Krákan situr á steini,
Hakkar í beinið,
Fyrra var eitt pottabrot,
Annað var eitt útskot í ringi,
Triðja var ein røvari á tingi.
Nú skal Elisabet venda ser í ringi.”

[ Krákan – Eivør ]


Something a bit more experimental, for a change. I had the idea a couple of months ago when I saw those crows sitting on the branches across the street from my house: I took a few photos and thought they would make a nice texture for a crow-looking me portrait. Then I waited until today to actually shoot the self-portrait because I’m as lazy as they come.
On a side note, “krákan” is Faroese for “crow” and, from what I gather, the song is a Faroese nursery rhyme to which Eivør gave an experimental twist . Kind of fitting for a photo like this, especially because the visual image I had was probably inspired by the album covers anyway.

Photo, concept, editing, modelling, styling, hair: GothicNarcissus Photography
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Comments: 6

Freyathegamer [2018-04-09 03:07:55 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a mask worn for “doctors” of the plague in the renaissance 

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GothicNarcissus In reply to Freyathegamer [2018-04-19 00:15:28 +0000 UTC]

That's correct! Certain Venetian masks have roots on the plague doctors masks.

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LukaSkullard [2018-03-31 17:38:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, this is such an amazing idea! The photograph is really nice on its own, but the texturing of the gothic tree makes it so unique and haunting. It's beautiful!

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GothicNarcissus In reply to LukaSkullard [2018-04-01 21:07:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad you think so: it was kind of a sudden inspiration (although it took me weeks to get down and finish it), so it's nice to hear it's paid off!

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Eyewatcher2010 [2018-03-30 11:15:46 +0000 UTC]

Good idea and nice work ^^ (as usual)

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GothicNarcissus In reply to Eyewatcher2010 [2018-03-30 18:01:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'll admit, it exceeds all my expectations: I knew there had to be a lot of white for the texture to work properly, which is tricky to get (especially on a wall, I don't have a white background), and difficult to handle in the final image. But yes, I really like how it came out!

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